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Mar-Apr 2023
Opportunities of Interest
Two Graduate Assistantships at the Dept. Mechanical and Civil Engineering(Fall 2023; Florida Tech, US)

Two graduate assistantships are available at Florida Tech under the supervision of Professor JeanPaul Pinelli in the Mechanical and Civil Engineering Department. The assistantships shall cover acompetitive stipend and tuition remission for the duration of a doctoral program. The successful
candidate should have a Master’s in Civil/Structural Engineering, and have good programmingskills (especially in Python and MATLAB). They shall be working within an interdisciplinary team in
hurricane risk modelling. The research topics include: (i) Wind vulnerability model of residentialbuildings, including the effects of trees, (ii) Wind vulnerability models of industrial structures(pipe-racks and the like), (iii) Validation and calibration of catastrophe wind models, and (iv) Quantification of theuncertainty in catastrophe wind models. Candidates with a PhD and a background in catastrophe risk modelling could beconsidered for a post-doc position as well. The positions are available right away for fall 2023 or sooner. For enquiries,
please contact Dr. Jean-Paul Pinelli (pinelli@fit.edu).
https://www.fit.edu/faculty-profiles/p/pinelli-jean-paulPostdoctoral Research Fellowship in the Area of Wildland Fire Modelling(Summer 2023; USGS, US)

The Social & Economic Analysis Branch of the US Geological Survey in Fort Collins, CO, islooking for a postdoctoral research fellow to contribute wildland fire modelling expertise toa collaboration between USGS and the Department of Defense to advance wildfire, carbon,and greenhouse gas science and technology capacity. The preferred candidate will havedemonstrated experience with developing advanced wildland fire models (e.g., Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Dynamics
Simulator (WFDS)); working with federal land management agencies to assess wildfire risk; and communicating scientificresults verbally and in writing. The fellow must have: (i) a PhD in forest science or closely related interdisciplinary field in
the context of fire behaviour modelling, risk-based decision-making, or natural resource management, and (ii)demonstrated experience with utilising and evaluating wildland fire models. This is a full-time position with a start datein summer 2023. For applications, please submit the following to James Meldrum (jmeldrum@usgs.gov), (i) a cover letter;(ii) a writing sample, and (iii) your CV.
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/fort-collins-science-center/science/social-and-economic-analysis

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